IN A NUTSHELL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6284, 15 September 1898, Page 2

IN A NUTSHELL.

I Barometer risine.

. ; Arabi Pasha .surrendered Sept.j J5, 1882. -^r ■ ■.; tor- the St 'Albahs,^mayoralty close, at noon- -to-morrow.;. ; .-'.. \; s •-•■'.-■ • .. The Porte has" developed a stubborn aliit'ucle •with regard -to the withdrawal of troops- frdiri Crete. : • r ; " -:. V Apparently an attempt ha a been made to poison the Emperor and Crown Prince of Corea. • Meeting of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic. Association to-morrow night, at the Occidental. In connection with the murder of the Empress of Austria, five anarchists have been arrested in Geneva. ■ Annual meeting of the Christchurch Working Men's Co-operative Building Society tomorrow night, at Trinity Hall. President M'Kinley approves of the Czar's disarmament proposals, and is willing that the United States should be represented at the Conference: ' The United States Government refuses to ncceTjt Turkey's repudiation of responsibility for losses by American citizens during the Armenian massacres. The Admiral in command of the British fleet ii Cretan water* hn« issued an ultimatum io Edhem Pasha directing him to disarm tho population of Candia, surrender the rineleaders of the recont disturbance, refund the tithes collected, and also surrender the forts commanding the British camn withm forty-eight hours. Edhem Pasha pleads inability' to execute the demands. ■' ■•' ' '